Eau de Couture
Cher (2019)

Ewwwww.

I really, really wanted to like this one because I have loved Cher's music, movies, personality, etc. for years. In the press releases for this scent she said she worked on it with the perfumer for over 4 years. The manufacturer (Scent Beauty) is marketing it as a 'unisex' fragrance. It's not. It's an eye-watering, nostril-singeing, super feminine floral. Just taking the cap off unleashes a blast of synthetic flowers. Top notes are listed on the Scent Beauty website as 'Bergamot, Clove, Neroli' - I couldn't detect any bergamot or clove at all. The base notes were alleged to include vetiver, sandalwood, and vanilla. Didn't detect a hint of any of those notes either. All I could smell was the jasmine, rose, orangeflower, and neroli notes and those are all amped by a huge dose of aldehydes. This is bordering on the Poison/Giorgio Beverly Hills level of 'assault weapon' fragrances. If you picked up a random bottle at Bath and Body Works and it smelled like this you wouldn't be surprised. But coming from a niche perfumery house at the selling price it's a bit of a shock. Super-cool bottle, though.